Trip Optimizer

Trip Optimizer

Train length and weight. Track conditions and grade. Driver response time and deviation between drivers. These are just a few of the factors that influence the speed and efficiency of freight delivery—and its impact on your business bottom line.

• Automatic throttle and dynamic brake control
  • Automatic controls of throttle, dynamic braking—Locotrol DP remote consists, all according to plan
• Builds individual plan for each train over a given territory
  • Optimizes fuel consumption based on a specific train’s make up and the route traveled.
• Improved and consistent train handling
  • Proven to reduce break-in-twos with improved train handling by reducing operator performance variance
• Eliminates over-speeding
• Provides Auto-Independent Distributed Power control
  • For auto train handling of longer trains over difficult terrain
• Provides for dynamic plan adjustments
  • Monitors actual HP, speed, wheel slip, engine health, wind effect – not a model-based estimation
• EPA certified advanced energy management system